Improved window-shade fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J SEPH HORNER AND SILAS VAN DOREN, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

IMPROVED WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,908, dated May 22,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH HORNER and SILAS VAN DOREN, of NewBrunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Shade Fasteners; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1 is a front Viewoi' a window with our invention applied. 'Fig'. 2 is a vertical sectiontaken on the plane of the line x fr, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Our invention consists, first, in the employment, for thc purpose otsupporting the curtain-roller, ot' brackets soconstructed that they maybe set upon and secured to the top edge of the window-frame, therebyavoiding all injury to the frame of the window; second, in a peculiarmanner of attaching the roller to its journals, as will be hereinafter'described.

. Adesignates theframe of a window to which my improvements are to beapplied.

B B are two brackets, which serve as the bearings for the journals atrespective ends ofthe rollers. The shape of these brackets is shown inFig. 2, where it will be seen that the flange c of the bracket restsupon the top of the frame and is secured thereto by nails or screws, andthat the shoulder b rests against the front ot' the frame, while the armc extends down suticiently far to bring the roller in the proper placeat the top of the window-sashes. It will be noticed that this bracket isso constructed and adapted to the windowframe that it cannot be loosenedfrom its place by any ordinary jar or strain upon it, and that by itsuse all injury to the face of the window-frame is avoided.

C is the wheel over which the cord d passes for operating the roller D.Extending from one side of the wheel is one of the journals e of theroller, and from the other, side there eX- tends a T-shaped plate, (seeFig. 2,) which, when the roller is applied, ts into a similarshaped slotcut into the end of the roller. The other journal, e, has also aT-shaped plate, which also tits into a similar-shaped slot cut into thatend of the roller.

By means of this manner of attaching the roller to its journals theroller andits journals can be made separately 'from each other, and

therefore more readily prepared for the Inarket, and yet the attachmentis so secure that under no ordinary circumstances cau the roller beseparated from the journals nor the journals from the brackets.

E is a weight or weighted tassel, having a wheel, f, at its top, overwhich the cord d passes. This weight serves for tightening the cord, inorder to hold the curtain or window-shade secure at any desireddistance. By its use the cord is always kept -at a proper tension, andat the same time great facility is afforded for drawing up the shade.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The brackets B B for supporting aroller, D, constructed with flangeswhich are applied to the top of the frame, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. Attaehin g theroller to its journals by forming in its'ends aT-shaped groove, into which is inserted a T-shaped arm or plateextending from each journal, substantially as shown and described. j l

JOSEPH HORNER. SILAS VAN DOREN.

WVitnesses:

JOHN O. PRICE, P. HAMPTON WYCKOEE.

